Cramming into the village’s Black Horse pub, the team tuned into Sky’s Soccer Saturday where after an anxious wait they learned that Walsall would be their destination for the evening.

“We’d seen a video on social media circulating of some guys in London who’d come up with the idea, and they ended up in Scunthorpe,” said club secretary, Matt Wilson.

“We all met at our sponsor’s pub to watch the early kick off between Leicester and Crystal Palace.

“There were 16 of us in total with our Christmas jumpers on, not knowing where the destination may be.

“We’d had a lot of excitement building to the day and even managed to draw attention from Soccer Saturday’s Matt Le Tissier.

“As it got closer there was a lot of excitement but also a lot of nerves too as there a lot of places we didn’t want to go, but a lot that we did too.”

Erhun Oztumer’s sixth minute strike meant the team ventured to the West Midlands ready to party in Walsall and 28-year-old, Mr Wilson admitted that even though it wasn’t their first choice, it was a surprisingly good night out - albeit a heavy one.

“We were hoping for somewhere like Newcastle, Leeds, Blackpool or Liverpool,” he said. “Somewhere we knew we could really enjoy ourselves and celebrate some of the success we’ve had as a team.

“We were really hoping to not go to Forest Green or Burton as we knew there wasn’t much there to do there.

“A lot of us knew where Walsall was, but only one of us had been there before.

“We were straight on the internet looking for hotels and managed to get one for just £25 for all 16 of us.

“It was quiet to start off with so we ventured on a train to Birmingham for a couple of hours, but ended the night back in a club in Walsall.”

Nettleham were relying on the footballing gods for their festive night out (Image: http://www.acityunited.net/)